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From the Camera Obscura to the Revolutionary Kodak
Ongoing
Second Floor Galleries
Selections from the Collection
September 30, 2023–Ongoing
Collection Gallery
Gillian Laub: Southern Rites
June 30–December 31, 2023
Main Galleries
One Hundred Years Ago: George Eastman in 1923
March 18, 2023–January 28, 2024
Historic Mansion
Exploring Animation: Rochester International Academy Phenakistoscope Discovery Project
October 7, 2023–February 25, 2024
Gallery Obscura
Special Displays

Colorama
On view now
The Colorama was one of the longest running corporate advertising campaigns of the twentieth century. First conceived by Eastman Kodak Company in 1949, when Waldo B. Potter was its director of advertising operations, these massive backlit transparencies were designed to demonstrate the brilliance of color photography. Neil Montanus (American, 1927–2019) photographed 55 Coloramas–the most of any photographer. A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, Montanus was hired by Eastman Kodak as a staff photographer in 1954. Montanus’s picture was the second Colorama to depict the site of the Incan city of Machu Picchu.

Philip Seymour Hoffman Sculpture
On view now
A bronze sculpture of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is installed outside the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum.
Upcoming Exhibitions

Gregory Halpern: April
January 02–February 25, 2024
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Gregory Halpern: 19 winters / 7 springs in the Project Gallery, the George Eastman Museum is premiering the short experimental film Gregory Halper’s April (2023, 16mm transferred to HD digital video).

Crashing into the 60s: Film Posters from the Collection
February 02, 2024–September 08, 2024
Visitors will immerse themselves in the near boundaryless innovation of drama, comedy, horror, and overall power of the 1960s through film poster art in the Main Galleries.
Past Exhibitions
Southern Rites Documentary Film
June 30–November 5, 2023
Multipurpose Hall
Resistance and Rescue: Denmark and the Holocaust
June 10–October 1, 2023
Gallery Obscura
Selections from the Collection
April 29–September 24, 2023
Collection Gallery
Adam Ekberg: Minor Spectacles
January 14–September 3, 2023
Project Gallery
Cauleen Smith: H-E-L-L-O and Crow Requiem
June 06–June 29, 2023
Multipurpose Hall
Marcia Resnick: As It Is or Could Be
February 11–June 11, 2023
Main Galleries
Gallery Obscura - Studio 678 Photo Club
March 04, 2023–June 04, 2023
Gallery Obscura
Eastman Entertains: At the Movies
May 09, 2023–May 28, 2023
Mansion
Selections from the Collection
September 17, 2022 – April 16, 2023
Collection Gallery
A Bouquet of Stencil-Colored Films
January 10–March 26, 2023
Multipurpose Hall
One Hundred Years Ago: George Eastman in 1922
February 12, 2022–March 12, 2023
Historic Mansion
Perspectives: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Art
June 18, 2022–January 1, 2023
Project Gallery